Armchair ash receiver



C. E. CARPENTER.

ARNICHAIR ASH RECEIVER.

APPLlcAloN FILED JAN.2G,1920.

Eatented Got. 3L 1922,

www? m mg MEW/fly CHARLES 3E. CARPENTER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANlIA.

ARMCHAIR ASH RECEIVER.

Application led January 26, 1920. Serial No. 354,023.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, CHARLES E. CARPEN- 'rnii'f'a citizen of the `UnitedStates` residing at Philadelphia, in the county ot' Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulllrnprovements in Armchair Ash Receivers, of which the following is aspecification.

The invent-ion relates to ash receivers, for smokers use, attached oradapted to be attached to the under sides of the arms of chairs and thelike, for the purpose of affording a convenience to the smoker andpreventing the littering of floors and porches with ashes and stubs ofcigars and cigarettes.

lt is a principal object of the invention to make the devicesubstantially air tight so that it will be odorless, it being well knownthat the odor from the remains of cigars and cigarettes. after they areextinguished, is quite disagreeable. This object is accomplished by theconstruction of the pivotal support of thereceiver so that the edge ofthe ash receptacle will be always held in tight contact with the underside of the chair arm when the device is in closed position, that is tosay, when it is swung under the chair arm. rllhis contact has also ayielding frictional character so that said pivotal connection will keepthe device in place when it is closed and the receiver can not bespilled by the moving of the chair to which it is attached.

With such objects in view, as well as other advantages which may beincident to the use of the improvements, the invention consists in theparts and combinations thereof, hereinafter set forth and claimed, withthe understanding that the several necessary elements constituting thesame may be varied in proportions and arrangement without departing fromthe nature and scope of the invention.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood there are shownin the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practicaleiect, without limiting the improvements, in their useful applications,to the particular constructions which, for the purpose of explanation,have been'made the subject of illustration. ln the said drawings Fig. 1is a vertical sectional view of the receiver on line l-I of Fig. 2,showing also a portion of the chair arm to which the recelver 1sattached. i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line llllll-lllll of Figure 2 ofthe swinging arm and spring before the parts have been attached to thechair arm.

Referring to the drawings, l indicates a portion of a chair arm or thelike to which the receiver is applied. 'llhe receiver comprises asupporting arm 2, a removable cup 3, a pivot and adjusting screw 4f anda Jfriction and regulating spring 5.

'llhe arm is preferably of cast metal coinprising a ring 6 formed at itslower part with an inwardly extending flange or ledge 7. Cast with saidring is a laterally extending arm.8 formed with a pivot hole 9 and aspring socket 10 in its upper side.

The cup 3 for the reception of ashes and the like is formed with a lipor outwardly extending flange 12 adapted to restupon the ledge of thering and be inclosed by the main portion ot the ring. The flange of thecup is of a little greater depth than the depth of the ring portionabove the flange 7, vhereby the edge of the cup will itself bear againstthe under side of the chair arm, as shown in Fig. 2.

The pivot screw 4 passes through the aperture 9 and the head of thescrew keeps the device in place with the edge of the cup in contact withthe under side of the chair arm, excepting when the receiver has beenswung out from under the chair arm into position for use. This screw hasa regulating function, it being` screwed in to the chair arm until theedge of the cup is brought into the described even engagement therewith,but it does not clamp the ring against said arm. The spring 5 isarranged around the screw in the socket l0 so as to hold the under sideof the arm 2 tightly against the head of the screw, the upper side ofthe spring bearin with a frictional contacten the under side of thechair arm. rllhe spring is of conical spiral form so as to give a broadbearing at its upper side against the chair arm and so as to give anarrow bearing at its lower end on the receiver arm, whereby the lattermay tilt on the spring as may be required to give the edge of thereceiver its proper tight bearing against the. chair arm.

ln the operation of the device the cup and ring are swung out from underthe chair 11o arm so as to expose the receiver' for use. At this timethe friction produced by the spring, socket and screw will maintain thedevice in adjusted position without any looseness, the friction takingplace between the spring and the chair arm or between the lower end ofthe spring and the socket. When the device is not in use it is to beswung under the chair arm whereupon the edge of the receiver will take atight bearing against the same, Yand the additional friction of the edgeof the receiver on the chair arm will keep the device closednotwithstanding any handling and moving of the chair.

The small lower end of the spring has what is in efect a universalbearing in the socket l0, which enables the supporting arm and ring totilt in any direction relative to a horizontal plane so that the edge ofthe cup will have the tight closure on the under side of the chair armas described. Also the under side of the flange l2 of the cup is or maybe rounded as indicated at 14 which produces in effect a universal balland socket joint between the ring and cup and facilitates any necessarymovement of the cup in taking its described tightly closed position. Itwill be understood that my improvement overcomes any difficultiesarising from the under side of the chair arm not being a perfectly planesurface, or arising from a warping of the arm from exposure to theweather or from drying, so that I obtain a tight closure of the cup, asdesired, notwithstanding said inequalities in the wood of the arm.

In applying the! device the pivot screyv is screwed up into the underside of the arm of the chairyor other support so as to somewhat compressthe spring and until the edge of the cup is brought to the proper tightbearing. Thereafter the parts will maintain the adjusted relation andwill operate with the necessary friction to keep the cup is to beslightly tightened.

I have described the device in con'nec'tion'` with a chair arm, suchapplication probably,

being'the widest sphere of'u'sefulness of the invention, but it will beunderstood that the invention is not restricted to such particular useand may be applied to tables, desks and the like.

That is claimed is:-

l. In an ash receiver the combination of a. suitable support, an armpivotally connected with the under side of said Support, a cup carriedby said arm and adapted to be swung out from and also under saidsupport, and a spring bearing on said arm and adapted to permit amovement of the arm to cause a tight closure of the cup by means of theunder side of said support.

2. In an ash receiver the combination oi a suitable support, an armpivotally connected with the under side of said support, a cup carriedby said arm and adapted to engage the under side of the support, and aconical spiral spring bearing on the under side of the support with itslarger end and also on said arm with its smaller end and adapted topermit a movement of the arm to cause a tight closure of the cup againstthe under side of said support.

3. In an ash receiver the combination of a suitable support, an armpivotally connected with the under side of said support and spacedtherefrom, a cup carried by said arm and adapted to engage the underside of the support, and a spring bearing on the under side of thesupport and also on said arm, said cup having a substantially universalmovement of self-adjustment relative to said support to cause a tightclosure of the cup against the under side of said sup- Jort. l Intestimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES E. CARPENTER.

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